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If you can't get access to the field geese are feeding in, you must get under them.

How to Hunt Late-Season Canada Geese When You Can’t Get on the X How to Hunt Late-Season Canada Geese When You Can’t Get on the X

Hunters in an old stone house they used as a goose blind.

The 8 Wildest Duck and Goose Blinds (That Actually Work) The 8 Wildest Duck and Goose Blinds (That Actually Work)

How to call ducks and geese.

Goose Hunting Tips and Tactics Goose Hunting Tips and Tactics

By Joe Genzel, Alex Robinson

A flock of Canada geese takes off from a snowy river bank.

A Stretch of the Yellowstone River Long-Closed to Waterfowl Hunting Might Reopen Soon. Some Hunters Aren’t Thrilled A Stretch of the Yellowstone River Long-Closed to Waterfowl Hunting Might Reopen Soon. Some Hunters Aren’t Thrilled

Group of hunters posing in front of the best snow goose decoys.

Gear

The Best Snow Goose Decoys of 2025 The Best Snow Goose Decoys of 2025

Dead snow geese with avian influenza are frozen into a lake.

The Story Behind the Snow Goose Mass Die-Off Video The Story Behind the Snow Goose Mass Die-Off Video

A flock of Canada geese stand on a riverbank in North Dakota.

North Dakota Saw a Record Number of Canada Geese This Winter North Dakota Saw a Record Number of Canada Geese This Winter

the best goose decoys

Gear

Best Goose Decoys of 2025 Best Goose Decoys of 2025

By Alex Robinson, Joe Genzel

A man fires one of the best semi auto shotguns.

Guns

The Best Duck Hunting Shotguns of 2025 The Best Duck Hunting Shotguns of 2025

By Joe Genzel, Alex Robinson

Hunter using one of the best goose calls.

Gear

The Best Goose Calls of 2025 The Best Goose Calls of 2025

By Joe Genzel, John Gordon

duck hunter walks towards foreground decoys through ankle-deep water covered in red vegetation, sprawling trees behind

This Old-School Duck Slayer Is Opening New Hunting Opportunities Around the World for Americans This Old-School Duck Slayer Is Opening New Hunting Opportunities Around the World for Americans

By Alex Robinson

The buffering in TSS shot.

Guns

Tungsten Super Shot: An Inside Look at How the Deadliest Birdshot of All Time Is Made Tungsten Super Shot: An Inside Look at How the Deadliest Birdshot of All Time Is Made

By Nick Charney

i own landowner ND pleads guilty

Landowner in “I Own the Fcking Land” Video Takes Plea Deal Landowner in “I Own the Fcking Land” Video Takes Plea Deal

farmer discs decoys

Watch an Arkansas Farmer Deliberately Disc a Spread of Snow Goose Decoys Watch an Arkansas Farmer Deliberately Disc a Spread of Snow Goose Decoys

Duck hunter wearing Sitka Hudson jacket in icy bay.

Gear

Sitka Hudson Jacket: A Hardcore Shell for Waterfowl Hunters Sitka Hudson Jacket: A Hardcore Shell for Waterfowl Hunters

By Ashley Thess

pintail ducks flying

Dusty Brown Sacrificed It All for a Duck Season That Never Ends Dusty Brown Sacrificed It All for a Duck Season That Never Ends

hunting permission

How to Get Permission to Hunt Ducks and Geese (Without Pissing Off the Locals) How to Get Permission to Hunt Ducks and Geese (Without Pissing Off the Locals)

By Alex Robinson, Dac Collins

duck hunting video

Lessons We Can Learn from the Viral “I Own the Fcking Land” Video Lessons We Can Learn from the Viral “I Own the Fcking Land” Video

By Alex Robinson

Guns

The Coolest Ducks Unlimited Dinner Guns of All Time The Coolest Ducks Unlimited Dinner Guns of All Time

Snow geese are more apt to contract avian influenza.

Smoke a Goose with the Wing Still On? Waterfowl Importation Ban Could Cause Confusion for Hunters at Canadian Border Smoke a Goose with the Wing Still On? Waterfowl Importation Ban Could Cause Confusion for Hunters at Canadian Border